On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 05:48:54PM -0800, Chris Carlen wrote: > 1. Does anyone here use OpenOffice to produce figures to import into > Lyx, and if so how do you generate the .eps files?
Not me. Maybe you could send us one of the .eps so we can have a look "how wrong" they are... > My interest at this point focusses on Tgif and Xfig. Honestly I would > much prefer to use OOo Draw, because I am used to it and I will still > use OOo for other things in which the integration of the Draw program > with the other modules is useful. Xfig and Tgif seem a little bit > crude, coming from the dark ages of UNIX GUI interfaces, so it seems. > But I understand as well that they are nonetheless very good drawing > programs. > > The question then is: > > 2. What program is used most often, and what might you recommend? I use xfig almost exclusively. > Finally, there is one trick I'd like to do that was quite easy in OOo, > and that is to include equations in a figure. I suppose with something > like xfig I will have to hand format text objects into the arrangement I > want to do this. The equations I need in a figure are usually simple > fractions with a couple variables in the num. and denoms. Either use the "combined eps/tex" export of xfig and set the formulas to "special text" or use psfrag. Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson)
